BurdaStyle's New DIY Sewing Handbook Launches

The possibilities for changes and variations is endless!
The Colette Sewing Handbook is available from the Colette Patterns website, Amazon and other fine book retailers. This would make the perfect gift for a sewing friend (or yourself) this holiday season too! Be sure to visit the Colette...

com, the largest Do-It-Yourself community on the web, is partnering with BurdaStyle, thw largest sewing community on the web, to bring you the BurdaStyle Fashion Challenge. They want to see DIY Fashion at its best. They are looking for your to show off your clothing design skills and...

We recently wrote about the new BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook which is a fantastic source for sewing how-to's, but here are five more picks for the best guides designed for the newbie sewer:
Singer Complete Photo Guide to Sewing – Revised + Expanded Edition: 1200 Full Color How-To...

Have I ever shown you the dress variation I made for the BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook? I don't think so!
I was approached by BurdaStyle a couple years ago as the book plan was being hatched, along with many other talented sewers from around the globe. The premise was to create a garment...

says when she and former partner Benedikta Karaisl von Karais – a fashion designer – came up with the BurdaStyle concept and thanks to what Fast Company calls "her love for interaction and innovative technology," Nora reinvented an old Hubert Burda sewing magazine into an online icon in the...

" In 2008 Liesl launched Oliver + S, a new brand of sewing patterns for children's clothing. Today Liesl also designs a line of Oliver + S fabric. She published her first book, Oliver + S Little Things to Sew in 2011.
In 2011 Liesl also created Lisette, a line of sewing patterns and fabric...

Austin is full of super talented designers, and if you're one of them, I hope you'll consider being a part of the BurdaStyle/ Etsy DIY Fashion Show, which is also the closing event for the Texas Style Council Conference . Entries for consideration are due by the 10th and there is no fee to...

As the DIY columnist, I'm *obviously* going to DIY my Halloween costume.
For my costume this year, I wanted to pay homage to Poison Ivy, the sexy, powerful villainess from the DC Universe who often makes appearances as one of Batman's adversaries. Here's how I did it!
There's only really...